Ramon Foster (l.) said the league’s drug policy must be improved in the next collective bargaining agreement.

Enjoy the next five more seasons of the NFL. After that, cross your fingers.

On Monday, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Ramon Foster hinted at another lockout could be on the horizon, when he pushed players to start saving money. The NFL's collective bargaining agreement expires after the 2020 season, and Foster, the Steelers' player rep, hinted that players must be prepared this time around, according to ESPN.

"Hit them in the pocket," he said. "That way, money always talks. For us to do that, we have to save on our end. We can't be just blowing money and not realize what's coming, especially with guys coming into the league now."

Foster cited several issues in the current CBA, which was put into place before the 2011 season. Among them is the drug policy. According to ESPN, Foster believes that policy hurts players' images, and that the appeals process, handled by a sole arbitrator, leads to inconsistent penalties.

Foster also was bothered by the entire NFL process of relaying drug test information to the public, which he believes exposes players publicly in a way that other leagues do not.

"Every situation has been different," he said. "Not one person has had the same penalty. It's always how the person is feeling who's handing down the execution. It needs to be refined. It can't just go through one person."

Thing is, players have been complaining about such things for much of the last five years, after they signed their last CBA in 2011. In that CBA, players seemed to trade control of such disciplinary matters for other things, such as increased time off during the offseason. But if they want more this time around, if they want to strip despot commissioner Roger Goodell of some of his power, they have to be ready for a more bitter struggle.

They need to be able to survive without game checks, Foster said, which they were not able to do five years ago. The 2011 lockout ended before any games were missed, and Foster, 30, indicated that was partly because players couldn't survive.

This time, he's giving everyone a fair warning.

"It's coming," he said. "They've hired certain people on their legal team, the NFL has, and we have to be the type of players and union that's not borrowing money from banks and stuff like that to survive a lockout. That can't happen this time around. We have to be smarter this time around because there are a lot of things we're going to be fighting for and a lot of things they are going to want and we're going to want too."